Woodland Camouflage Jungle Hammock

As a Vietnam vet I know jungle hammocks! Probably better than 99. 8% of the population, and I bought two different ones from this Amazon site one was this Rothko which I’ll get to and the other one I’m not gonna say what name but it was made out of a very paperthin synthetic material if you drop a head of a cigarette on it it’s gone! Or an ember from your nearby fire its melted and gone you lay in it and forget about your pocket knife in your back pocket you’re going down! I just don’t understand how they can call it a jungle hammock, they wouldn’t last up through a breakfast in Vietnam!Now for this ROTHCO! Ohhhhhhh yeah Baby, THIS is what I’m talking about! RUGGED?….YOU BET! …CANVAS Baby, CANVAS! Now I Know Canvas isn’t for you new wave of ……people coming up, I dunno if your SOFT lil Fanny’s could handle it, this is a MANS Hammock, or a BAD ASS Woman’s Hammock! Rugged, Durable, will stand up thru VERY Heavy Weather, Terrain, you name it….if you want something that you’ll have the rest of your life ( if ya take CARE of it) THIS is the Hammock for you! ..HUNTERS? Never sleep on that Wet, cold ground again, and wake up with a Rattler in your sleeping blanket! Lol( like I DID! NOT Fun waitin that sucker out!) anyway……..ya got my point…..RIGHT! GET IT?…..GOT IT?…….GOOD!

I ordered 2 of these hammocks in May, and my son and I finally got around to trying them out in August. The mosquito netting ripped along the seam at the bottom the first time we used them - 2 or 3 one inch rips near the middle on the side opposite the zipper. Of course the hammocks can no longer be returned since we waited a couple of months to try them out. I'm very disappointed in this product.

Best hammock ever. No mosquitoes, and comfy and warm. If you need to be outdoors, this is the best way to do it.

So I bought this cause I was gonna do a little hiking, and I thought that it would be good for the hike. I will say that it works. It is a little heavy for hiking, and it is not super comfortable to sleep in. However, I think it has some positives. The rain fly couldn't stop a real downpour, but I did sleep through some rains that friends of mine had to wake up for. The mosquito net works, although one night I think it trapped several in the hammock with me. If you are hiking, and trying to keep pack weight low go with something else. If you are looking for ease of set up look elsewhere. If you are looking for something that holds up O.K. for not a lot of money, this might be for you. I actually really like mine. There is something about it that feels a little like home.

When I was a kid, we lived in the South Pacific. This was wild, tropical rainforest country, with snakes and all kinds of creepy-crawlers on the ground. We did a lot of camping, and we wanted to make sure we were protected from many-legged or poisonous things that might want to cuddle up in the night.One of the best ways to get a worry-free sleep was in a jungle hammock. The ones we used were WWII vintage GI hammocks. Like the picture, they are/were a classic style of hammock you'd tie between trees, but with a waterproof roof and mosquito-netting sides.Those hammocks had to keep a soldier safe for several years of rough use, and they were built strong (you can still find army surplus hammocks around, and they're worth the price).I don't go camping all the time any more - just the odd trip a couple of times each year to the edge of a river where I'll spend a few days fishing.I've wanted another jungle hammock for a long time, so when I saw this one - for this low price - I jumped at it (you can buy expensive designer hammocks for $150 or more, but when I can buy a good 4-man tent for $35, I'm not going to lay out that money).Having used this model in the bush a few times now, I can recommend it to you. It's super lightweight, and it keeps the bugs out. I've used it both as a hammock, strung between trees - and as a tent. I'm in Arizona, and in many places in this dry country, you just don't find enough trees of the right size, in the right place. So then all I do is cut a couple of forked branches to hold the roof up at each end, bring along pegs I hammer in to keep the bottom square, and tie up the peak and each side of the roof. Works great.I have a couple of hints for you. You'll need good, stout rope to add onto the rings provided at each end of the hammock, in order to tie it to trees. You want a type of slinky rope that's easy to use and will bear your weight - and won't stretch! You need at least 8 feet of rope on each end, as you might have to wrap it around a thick tree trunk and still have room to tie it off. (By the way - practice tying knots that can be easily undone and worked free! If you tie knots that pull tight and get rock-hard when you put all your weight in the hammock, you're going to have trouble breaking camp in the morning).Bring along extra twine or string to tie your roof corners to branches as well. I find a light, soft, nylon type of rope to be best.And while you can string your hammock up with extra guy lines at each corner, to hold the bottom spread open, and the roof in the right shape over your head, you can take a trick from the way we kids used to do it in the jungle: cut saplings and sharpen the ends - stouter ones to hold each end of the hammock open when you jam them in the loops, and longer, skinner ones, to stretch between the outer corners of the roof. You will want to tie the center of the roof to the same tree that you already lashed the hammock to, and it works best if you bend the stick over the top of that. In fact, you may want to cut and fit these saplings at home, and carry them with you (unless you're hiking deep in-country, and then just cut them when you make camp). Bringing them pre-cut makes setting up your hammock a quick job.I am tickled with my jungle hammock - and gave it 4 instead of 5 stars for this: it is a little lightweight. I'm not sure how long the nylon zipper will last (that you zip up after you're in the hammock). The ones on the GI version had heavy brass zippers, built to last forever. Also, the roof seems a little small to me. I'm not sure I'd want to rely on it in a downpour (and so far, I haven't had to). If you do use this in rainy country, you may want to rig a lightweight tarp over it - just don't let it touch the roof.Also, sleeping in a hammock like this, unless you're used to it, can be a little uncomfortable. I bought an inexpensive air mattress that fits nicely inside, and that helps a lot (if it's cold when you're camping, you'll really appreciate the buffer between you and the frosty air). Here's the one I bought:  Intex Fabric Camping Mattress Recommended!

I used this hammock for 4-5 camping and backpacking trips, it is cheaply made, the rain fly is NOT water proof and if you are over 200 lbs this thing will not last long, Im 170 so it worked ok for me, if you put another rain fly over the top of it, it works great, the ropes get tangled into a mess after a few uses, and if you roll or sleep on your side and it rains you are screwed without another rain fly!

Very satisfied

The woodland hammock is great to sleep in and not to bad to set up..I gave it a 4 star because i had to add sticks to it to hold the strings apart so that it wouldent squise u in it and now it lays flat kinda like the picture and the camo cover will not hold out rain you will need a tarp to cover it. it does keep bugs out and i weigh 195lbs and first time i got in it i never heard any strings pop or any tearing.....You WILL NEED bugie cord or long bungie cords to hold up the camo cover without it it will rip if u use string because it needs to give with the hammock when you get in it. The rope that u see in picture is heavy duty.I used racket ties to tie the hammock to trees and it a easy way to tighen them. if you look at the sun through the camo cover u can see small holes so it is a light duty cover you but with a tarp covering it you will be fine. the zipper seems to work great no stress points all in all great hammoch for the price.......